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Chess Player (1938)
70 min | Drama, Fantasy

Chess Player (1938)

70 min | Drama, Fantasy

A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.

Director

Jean Dréville

Writers

André Doderet | Jean Dréville | Henry Dupuis-Mazuel (novel) | Albert Guyot & 2 more

Producers

Antoine de Rouvre | Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt

Composer

Jean Lenoir

Cinematographers

René Gaveau | André Thomas

Editor

Raymond Leboursier

Production Designer

Marcel Magniez

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Updated Aug 31, 1938

Release date

Dec 3, 1939 (United States)

Awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
11 cast members

Name	Known for
Françoise Rosay Catherine II Catherine II See fewer	Carnival in Flanders (1935)
Conrad Veidt Le baron de Kempelen Le baron de Kempelen See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Bernard Lancret Le prince Serge Oblonsky Le prince Serge Oblonsky See fewer	Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil! (1950)
Micheline Francey Sonia Vorowska Sonia Vorowska See fewer	La présidente (1938)
Paul Cambo Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky See fewer	Le Bossu (1959)
Jacques Grétillat Potemkine (as Grétillat) Potemkine (as Grétillat) See fewer	Quarante H.P. (1919)
Jean Témerson Stanislas, le roi de Pologne (as Temerson) Stanislas, le roi de Pologne (as Temerson) See fewer	Diabolique (1955)
Edmonde Guy Wanda Zalewska, la danseuse Wanda Zalewska, la danseuse See fewer	Princesse Mandane (1928)
Delphin Yegor, le bouffon (uncredited) Yegor, le bouffon (uncredited) See fewer	Carnival in Flanders (1935)
Manuel Gary Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer	The Captain (1946)
Gaston Modot Major Nicolaieff (uncredited) Major Nicolaieff (uncredited) See fewer	The Grand Illusion (1937)